The United Nation's latest report on drug use revealed a 30 per cent increase on 2009 with regards to the consumption of narcotics with some 35 million people worldwide suffering from drug disorders, thanks to in-depth surveys conducted in India and Nigeria.
It remains the most widely used anesthetic in U.S. hospitals, but many patients still remember propofol as the drug that killed Michael Jackson.
Preliminary investigations revealed that the accused was running a chemist shop in Morinda and in 2009, Shorie, who was then posted as District Drugs Inspector in Ropar, had raided his store and had reportedly recovered intoxicant drugs from there, following which she had cancelled his drugs licence.
The Opposition Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) and Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) have accused the Amarinder government of doing nothing to contain the drugs racket in the state.
Penicillin allergy is the most commonly documented drug allergy.
This vaccine not only fights dengue, but also protects mother and foetus from deadly zika virus.
"We may be able to develop techniques that can help tackle some of the biggest diseases," said lead researcher.
This new finding can help in treating patients suffering from one of the most dangerous forms of leukaemia.
The scientists, by mimicking the complexity of human tumours, could identify a biomarker which could serve as an indication as to which patient would respond better to certain drugs
This novel drug might help those people who spend a lot of time burning under the sun to get the sun kissed looks.
An anti-platelet drug based on snake venom can prevent blood cells from forming blood clots.
CDSCO has found popular painkiller Combiflam and common cold medicine D Cold Total, manufactured and sold by Sanofi India and Reckitt Benckister Healthcare India, respectively, to be substandard.
A drug that could "melt away" cancer cells has been approved for human use in Australia, a media report said on Tuesday.
Police have arrested 15 men and seized nearly Rs 2450 crore worth of cocaine during Christmas Day raids in Australia on Sunday, authorities said on Thursday.
An Australian Nobel Prize-winning scientist has turned his attention to developing a drug that could help people suffering from allergies and asthma. Barry Marshall, a microbiology professor at the University of Western Australia (UWA) who
Green tea is a healthier substitute to normal beverages like coffee and other types of tea and also promotes many health benefits. Recently, researchers at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) have found
Chinese researchers have developed new superparamagnetic crystals that could zip down drugs around your body, taking them to diseased organs. In the past, this was thought to be impossible -- the crystals, which have
In what could come as welcome relief for people suffering with alopecia areata -- an autoimmune disease that causes patchy, and sometimes total hair loss - researchers have now found a solution to the problem
A commonly used anti-inflammatory drug may successfully treat Alzheimer's disease by reversing memory loss and brain inflammation, a new study claims. Mefenamic acid, a common Non-Steroidal Anti Inflammatory Drug (NSAID), is routinely used for period
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